PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Ballado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Huntington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Ballado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ballado
vs
Huntington

185 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Ballado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Keith Huntington!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Huntington both land. Nice combination.
Ballado looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Huntington throws a nice looking combination but Ballado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huntington throws a nice looking combination but Ballado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huntington moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Huntington throws a shot to the body.

Huntington drops Ballado with a nice combination! Huntington dives into Ballado's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Thomas Ballado has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huntington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Huntington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ballado. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Huntington stays in close to Ballado's body and controls the position.
Ballado working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Huntington.
Huntington is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Huntington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Huntington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ballado can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Huntington controls the pace.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Huntington postures up and lands a big shot to Ballado's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huntington is looking to work some ground and pound but Ballado has wrist control.
Huntington working some strikes from top position.
Huntington slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Huntington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Huntington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Huntington trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Huntington slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Huntington postures up and lands a big shot to Ballado's brow.
Huntington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Huntington sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Huntington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ballado swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huntington is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Huntington throws a big right hand that misses.
Ballado preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Huntington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Huntington seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Huntington works over Ballado with some ground and pound from guard.
Huntington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huntington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Huntington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huntington engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Huntington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Huntington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Huntington throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ballado works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Huntington is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Huntington is looking to work some ground and pound but Ballado has wrist control.
Huntington must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Huntington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Huntington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huntington throwing strikes from guard but Ballado blocks nicely.
Huntington lands a couple of digs.
Huntington pushing down on Ballado's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Huntington trying to mount his opponent but Ballado defends it.
Huntington is nestled in close to Ballado, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Huntington throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Huntington controlling the action here.
Huntington missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huntington thows a huge punch but Ballado dodges it nicely.
Huntington lands strikes from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huntington takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Huntington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Ballado's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Huntington scores with a three punch combo!
Huntington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Huntington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ballado has time to react.
Ballado moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Ballado is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huntington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Huntington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No joy there for Huntington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Huntington scores with a three punch combo!
Oh Ballado is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Huntington drops Ballado with a big left hand and mounts him. Ballado is in big trouble!
Huntington with shots to the head and body - Ballado looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Huntington.
The referee warns Ballado that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huntington with shots to the head and body - Ballado looks very uncomfortable down there.
Huntington softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Ballado is out cold! Huntington jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Huntington!